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Sri Lanka stocks fall to near six-month low on margin calls, economic concerns

Margin calls force investors to sell their shares for month-end settling

March 30, 2022 2 min read

Saudi delegation to visit Sri Lanka for renewable energy investments

Sri Lanka has already approached private firms from US, India for renewable energy

March 29, 2022 2 min read

Lanka IOC raises fuel prices again to new record high

State-run Ceypetco still sells diesel 38 rupees less than Lanka IOC prices.

March 26, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka stocks end steady; turnover hits five-week high

Analysts said investors are trying to shift their savings to hedge against rupee fall and inflation,

March 26, 2022 3 min read
Sri Lanka to open airport services to private sector

Plans public private partnerships for aviation services in aerodromes

Sri Lanka's proposed anti-corruption bill has failed to encourage whistleblowers - TISL

The new bill is expected to be brought to parliament and enacted by June this year.

Police probing intimidation of Muslims in Katuwapitiya

Police have begun investigations into an incident where pig carcases were hung in front of Muslim-owned shops at the Dee...

Imesh Ranasinghe
July 22, 2019 1 min read

Three months on are we still in the dark?

It is three months today since a group of suicidal extremists upended our society by killing Easter Sunday worshippers i...

July 21, 2019 4 min read

ID parade for violent bodyguards

Four men who allegedly attempted to assault the driver of a van on the Kandy Colombo road on Friday 18 July will face an...

July 20, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lankan National Unity helped us overcome Easter bombings - Ranil

By Sri Lankans standing united, we have been able to bring normalcy back to the country says Prime minister Ranil Wickre...

July 20, 2019 2 min read

Former Magistrate indicted for possessing Elephant

The former Additional Magistrate for Colombo Thilina Gamage and four others have bee n indicted in the High Court of Col...

July 19, 2019 1 min read

Bond scam: indictments served, 7 accused granted bail

The Attorney General has asked the Permanent Trial-at-Bar hearing the Bonds Commission case to issue an arrest warrant a...

July 19, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka Navy Reverse Osmosis Plants serving areas hit by CKDu

Reverse Osmosis Plants built and run by the Sri Lanka Navy are helping thousands of rural households hit by Chronic Kidn...

July 19, 2019 1 min read

Shafi case; Journalists want Kurunegala Magistrate investigated

Sri Lanka Young Journalists Association (SLYJA) is seeking an investigation into the conduct of the Kurunegala Magistrat...

July 18, 2019 2 min read

India helping upgrade Northern Railway line

India is helping Sri Lanka upgrade the train tracks from Maho to Omanthai on the Northern Line, a project costing more t...

July 18, 2019 1 min read

Real-time data will be added to Google Transit soon – NTC

The National Transport Commission (NTC) says that it is ready to provide real-time facilities to the commuters in the co...

Nisali De Silva
July 18, 2019 1 min read
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Private Bill against death penalty proposes retroactive life imprisonment

The Private Member's Bill to be presented in Parliament by Galle District MP Bandula Lal Bandarigoda proposing the aboli...

July 18, 2019 2 min read

AG orders two senior officials arrested over Avant Garde case

Police have been instructed to immediately arrest two senior officials charged in the Avant Garde illegal floating Armou...

July 17, 2019 1 min read

Price of bread increased by Rs. 5

The All Ceylon Bakery Owners' Association (ACBOA) has decided to increase the price of a loaf of bread by Rs. 5 with eff...

July 17, 2019 1 min read

Abolishing death penalty as bad as letting Easter attackers go free - President

President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday likened calls to abolish the death penalty to attempts to pardon the Easter Sun...

July 17, 2019 1 min read

Four nabbed for possession of 290 detonators in Piliyandala

Four people are in custody for allegedly having 290 electric detonators in a house in Hedigama, Piliyandala.

July 17, 2019 1 min read

Time has come to defeat religious extremism – Cardinal Ranjith

Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith says that it is the right time to defeat any religious ideology that dest...

July 15, 2019 1 min read

Panadura North OIC interdicted

The officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Panadura (North) police station Prabath Paranavithana has been interdicted with effec...

July 15, 2019 1 min read

Ambassador Sirisena presents credentials to Austrian President

Saroja Sirisena presented Letters of Credence to President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen last Wednesday (10 July),...

July 15, 2019 1 min read

Nearly Rs. 265 million paid as compensation for Easter Sunday victims

The Office of Reparations (OR), established to compensate the Easter Sunday Attack victims says that a total of Rs.262, ...

July 15, 2019 1 min read

Islandwide Special operation to nab drunk drivers-Police

Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara says that a special operation to arrest drunk drivers is being carried out islandwide.

July 15, 2019 2 min read